MALKY Mackay’s Cardiff City are set to celebrate in Malaysia if they realise their Premier League promotion dream.

MALKY Mackay’s Cardiff City are set to celebrate in Malaysia if they realise their Premier League promotion dream.

The Bluebirds squad will fly to Kuala Lumpur in July – as long as they complete their mission to earn a place among the elite next season.

A tour would help promote the club brand in Malaysia and the plan is for City to play one high profile match during their stay.

Nothing will be finalised until City’s promotion chase is over, but club officials are ready to move quickly.

If the Malaysian trip is confirmed it would mean City heading off on TWO pre-season tours in July.

They are already planning a return to Switzerland.

Manager Mackay and his team stand seven points clear of closest challengers Hull with nine matches left – one more than any of their rivals.

The top two clubs will be promoted and major investor Vincent Tan will want his team to promote the Cardiff brand in Malaysia if they clinch a place alongside Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea and Co at the top level.

It is likely Cardiff would head off to Malaysia for a week early in July, return to the UK and then knuckle down to the hard graft of pre-season training in Switzerland.

That trip is already in place. City spent a week at the Uefa headquarters last summer when they were based at a hotel on the banks of Lake Geneva.

They did not play any matches on their Swiss trip last year and it would follow the same format again with tough double training sessions each day.

“We are planning a pre-season training camp in Switzerland because it’s the ideal place for the squad to work,” says Mackay.

“Richard Collinge (Head of Performance) planned it to a tee last year and the whole trip worked well for us.

“The climate is just right and it’s not too far to travel.”

Mackay would not comment on a possible trip to Malaysia because that is only likely to go ahead if City are promoted.

But a tour to Kuala Lumpur and beyond has been in the offing for four years and Tan would love to welcome City to Malaysia.

All of Cardiff’s home matches are already broadcast live on television in Malaysia and Tan would love to raise the club’s profile even higher.

If City realise the dream of promotion to the Premier Tan would want to make the most of that by hosting the team on a week-long trip to his country.

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